TITLE 32 SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGER (MI SAAO)

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THIS IS AN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a TITLE 32 SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGER (MI SAAO), Position Description Number NGD2936000 and is part of the MI SAAO, Michigan Army National Guard.

In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed below.

Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained.

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Military Grades: CW3-LTC SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Managing safety or occupational health program elements.

Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.

Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.

Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.

Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.

Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.

Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.

Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.

Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.

Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.

Performed, as a team member, specified survey work to identify and evaluate hazardous and nonhazardous work and conditions.

Applied conventional survey techniques to complete relatively uncomplicated evaluations.

Made recommendations concerning corrective procedures where the potential for injury or property damage exists or current procedures do not achieve the desired results or modify/cancel the corrective procedures are no longer appropriate for situations encountered.

GS-09 - 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level (see above) experience, education, or training performing periodic onsite surveys, to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety standards.

Prepared or revised safety instructions and guides.

Advised personnel of appropriate safety and occupational health measures to control or eliminate hazardous operating processes which may cause mishaps.

Investigated mishaps, obtained statements from witnesses, and photographed mishap scenes.

Recorded circumstances of mishaps and extent of injuries, prepared final report(s) of findings with recommendations to correct the unsafe acts or conditions which caused injuries or property damage.

GS-11 - 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level experience, education, or training performing periodic/unscheduled inspections of base facilities, warehouses, and equipment maintenance operations and evaluated compliance with applicable regulations and hazard system.

Recommended measures and methods to correct safety and occupational health deficiencies.

Participated in planning for testing of munitions, and assured integration of explosive safety criteria in testing procedures.

Reviewed test implementation directives for inclusion of appropriate safety criteria.

Prepared supplements to regulations and manuals for aircraft weapons safety and developed local regulations defining applicable mishap prevention procedures.

GS-12 - 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level experience, education, or training performing industrial construction standards, methods, practices, techniques, materials, equipment, and utility systems sufficient to determine compliance with building safety standards and devise hazard control measures applicable to airport ground facilities and supporting industrial shops.

Knowledge of psychological and physiological factors sufficient to develop a ground aviation safety education activity for supervisors and employees, to motivate maintenance personnel to apply safe working practices and to persuade supervisors to accept changes or modifications where required to achieve a safe working environment.

Performed safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures and standards applicable to a full range of complex safety and occupational health management responsibilities at a military aviation installation and requiring the planning, organizing, directing, operating and evaluation of a safety and occupational health program related to ground, aviation, industrial, and marine operations.

Performed aviation maintenance work processes and support equipment, airport ground operations, facilities and runway maintenance techniques, and industrial work processes.

For Supervisory Positions: Experience in managing the function of work to be performed. Experience that includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel. Major Duties:

***THIS IS A TITLE 32 NATIONAL GUARD POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP*** This position is located in the Army National Guard (ARNG) Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ)/State, Territory, and District of Columbia Safety and Occupational Health Office.

Serves as the Senior State, Territory, District of Columbia Safety Occupational Health (SOHM) Manager in the maintenance of a comprehensive safety, Occupational Health, and Industrial Hygiene programs.

The State SOHM is the principal advisor to The Adjutant General and is responsible for developing, planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, executing, and evaluating SOH-related matters of mission execution pertaining to AR 385-10 and SOH regulatory and statutory requirements.

Manages a staff of professional and technical personnel to ensure effective Safety, Occupational & Environmental Health (SO&EH) program and Army Safety and Occupational Health Management Systems (ASOHMS) implementation within the broad framework of statutory public law, DOD, Army, and National Guard policy, goals, and objectives.

The SOHM manages and executes a complex SO&EH program for a broad occupational field involving a wide variety of changing, high risk operations, environmental conditions, and hazardous materials.

Develops and annually reviews the State SOH Plan to include all applicable Army SOH functional areas. Develops State safety policy and Standard Operating Procedures for SOH programs.

Functional program responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Manages, executes, monitors and evaluates installation SOH functional Safety and Occupational Health Programs for effective implementation, to include; Workplace Operations, Workplace safety, Hazard communication programs, Industrial operations (lockout/tagout, confined space, fall protection), Emergency planning and response, Industrial hygiene/occupational health (OH), Safety Training and Education of SOH programs consisting of training needs assessments of subordinate organizations mission and operational needs.

Community, Off-Duty Recreation, and Seasonal Safety, Public, family, child, and youth safety, Tactical Operations, Tactical safety, Force mobilization, Transportation Safety, Motor vehicle mishap prevention, Maritime activities, Safe cargo operations, Radiation and Laser Safety, Aviation Safety Management, System Safety, System safety management, Facilities system safety (FASS) program management, Ammunition and Explosives (AE) Safety, Range Safety Operations, Electrical Safety, Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Safety, and Contract Safety.

Develops, implements, plans, directs, and controls a comprehensive SOH program involving a wide variety of industrial processes, shops, equipment, material, and machinery, some of which are unconventional and unique to the organization, highly hazardous and involve dangerous material.

Develops the State SOH Plan to include applicability of fourteen Army SOH functional areas. Development of applicable local policy and procedures for State SOH programs.

Plans, assigns, and evaluates work of subordinates. Using subordinate supervisors, group/committee chairs, and the like, oversees and directs SOH work activities.

Conducts and ensures safety mishap investigations comply with DoDI 6055.07 and 29 CFR 1904.39 guidance and ensure the notification, investigation, reporting, and recordkeeping of ARNG on-duty, off duty, non-duty and materiel deficiency safety mishaps.

Ensures the regular inspection of facilities, workplaces, operations, explosives storage, and training ranges are conducted by qualified safety professionals.

Establishes, trains, and advises personnel on the integration of Risk Management processes and assist leaders in implementation of installation SOH programs.

Coordinates and integrates Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene programmatic operations.

Develops safety and health promotion programs consisting of safety awards, seasonal safety, employee workplace safety awareness, media, and social communication tools.

Ensures Occupational Health processes support general public health efforts for all Army personnel and may seek to maximize worker productivity through health promotion efforts.

The above duty description doesn't contain all details of the official position description.